Conservation genetics of the alligator snapping turtle: Cytonuclear evidence of range-wide bottleneck effects and unusually pronounced geographic structure

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1375-1387

  Echelle, A A ^a   Hackler, J C ^a   Lack, J B ^a   Ballard, S R ^b   Roman, J ^c   Fox, S F ^a   Leslie Jr , D M ^a   Van Den Bussche, R A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator snapping turtle; Conservation genetics; Macrochelys; Microsatellite DNA; MtDNA

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIVER SYSTEM; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; MACROCLEMYS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77953911561     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9966-1     Document Type: Article

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